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Eat your heart out, Oscar
Lady Goodman has her second major event scheduled for next week with a host committee that would make Lord Goodman envious. It is so bipartisan, so eclectic, running the gamut from entertainer Wayne Newton to birther Wayne Allyn Root, and with every politician, former pol, lobbyist and business doyen her team could find. Look and marvel at the woman who will not have a serious opponent:
My 2015 session preview for Desert Companion
(I wrote this before I left for a few weeks.)
Hambrick vs. Fiore, a k a Man of Integrity vs. The Enemy Within
I am not really back yet, folks. But this I can't resist. Assembly Non-Majority Leader Michele Fiore, a k a The Liened Woman the IRS Won't Go After, vs. Speaker John Hambrick. Just a Man Trying to Do a Job. Fiore, obviously fueled by the genius legal team at Citizen Outhouse, sent out an inane open letter, and today Hambrick responded with a nuclear and devastating deconstruction of her "arguments." Both are below. God, it's so good to be back..... ---- FIORE:
Nevadans love renewable energy!
Nevadans are not a happy lot but they believe in renewable energy, although they are split on whether the government should provide incentives and pick winners and losers.
GOP Ass. Caucus: A night and a day in the life of a clown show
Try to follow along, and try to believe this is actually happening, not the product of a Rod Serling and Jerry Lewis screenplay:
Adam Laxalt's new solicitor general was involved with controversial group dedicated to creating network of Christian lawyers
Lawrence VanDyke, named Wednesday as AG-elect Adam Laxalt's solicitor general, is not just a reliable social conservative like his new boss but once did a fellowship with a group that believes in "complete and total dependence upon God for everything." Several media outlets, including The New York Times, have detailed VanDyke's social conservatism, including his advocacy for creationism and against Roe v. Wade. But his roots in those beliefs go much deeper.
Sandoval, Adelson and Romney fueled GOP registration/turnout effort
When I first wrote about Engage Nevada, I thought it would be a noble but probably futile effort by one of the state's premier operatives, Chris Carr. But after the smoke cleared Nov. 4, Carr's efforts had paid off in the most dramatic Republican sweep the state has seen.
State of Nevada: We screwed up, so let judge decide who gets med pot licenses
In a response this week to a lawsuit by disgruntled medical marijuana applicants, the state acknowledged it granted dispensary licenses to supplicants who did not comply with the law mandating approval from local governments and asked a judge to decide who gets awards. I am not kidding.
Chamber study: Broaden tax base, but no profits or gross receipts taxes
Nevada could improve the tax structure by broadening the sales tax and payroll tax and reforming its property tax, but not by approving a new gross receipts or corporate profits tax, according to a new study by The Tax Foundation paid for by the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. The full study will be released later but the executive summary is attached here.
Fiore has had seven figures in liens filed against her
UPDATED, 5:15 PM, 12/8/14: It appears, based on what tax attorneys say, that the IRS, shockingly, can be quite capricious in how it handles such cases. But it's clear Fiore has a lot of exposure here, as the agency does not take kindly to those who withhold and do not pass on the money, seeing it as stealing from the government.